Metadata Editor docker

[work in progress]

The docker image contains:

• Apache 2.4

• PHP 8.2

  • xsl
  • xml
  • mbstring
  • mysqli

• MySQL 8.x

Follow these steps to configure Metadata Editor and run the docker container.

At the end of the process, your folder structure should look like this

metadata_editor_docker 
|
| (clone the current repository)
|
| php.ini
| .docker/Dockerfile
| vhost.conf
| database.php
| ...
|
└───editor (metadata editor source code)
|
└───pydatatools
|
└───app_data
    └───editor
    └───tmp
|...
│

To download the docker and docker source code and setup the project folder structure using CLI, run these commands:.

#clone repo 
git clone https://github.com/ihsn/metadata-editor-docker metadata-editor-docker

#switch to project folder
cd metadata-editor-docker

#download metadata editor source code into a subfolder
git clone https://github.com/ihsn/editor editor

#download metadata editor source code into a subfolder
git clone https://github.com/mah0001/pydatatools pydatatools

Before you can start the docker container, review the docker-composer.yml to make sure all settings are correct:

Apache port: The default port has been set to 8384, as nada docker uses 8383 by default

    ports:
      - "0.0.0.0:8384:80"

Data folder [app_data]

The Metadata Editor stores data in the app_data folder. Create the following folders in the project metadata-editor-docker root:

mkdir app_data
cd app_data
mkdir editor tmp

Permissions in app_data

Set permissions for the app_data folder to allow the Apache server to read and write data. Note : folder rights is dependent on your server's configuration.

 chgrp -R www-data  app_data
 chmod -R 775 app_data

Set permissions for Metadata Editor folders

Set permissions for the editor folders to allow the Apache server to read and write data. Note : folder rights is dependent on your server's configuration.

 cd editor

 chgrp -R www-data  files logs cache
 chmod -R 775 files logs cache

Volume mapping

If you are using the project folder structure as above, there is no change needed. Otherwise, update the volume to map your local metadata editor folder.

    volumes:
      - ./editor:/var/www/html/editor
      - ./app_data:/var/www/html/editor/datafiles

Copy database.php to config folder

Editor does not come with a database.php file. You need to copy the database.php file from the docker folder to the editor/application/config folder.

cp database.php editor/application/config/database.php

Start docker container

From the main folder where you have extracted the docker files, run this from command line:

docker compose up 

That should build the image and launch the containers. If everything works, you should be able to see the Metadata installer at http://localhost:8383/ (change 8383 to the port you used in docker compose)

Setup

Depending on your installation, either use localhost (for local install) or server adresse (ip or url).

http://[localhost|server adress]:8384/

You should be redirected to install page.

Check the Folder READ/WRITE/DELETE permissions section. Everything should be ok, so adjust your folder permissions accordingly.

Then,

• Install Database
• Setup administrator